MUSCAT— Oman’s airports handled 10.4 million passengers in the first nine months of 2026, down from 11.2 million a year earlier, data from the National Centre for Statistics and Information showed.

The total of 10,432,121 includes arrivals, departures and transit passengers. Passenger traffic declined at all four airports covered by the data.

Muscat International Airport, the country’s busiest, handled 9.07 million passengers, down 7.2% from a year earlier. Domestic and international flights at Muscat fell 6.5% to 64,938.

Across Muscat, Salalah and Sohar, international flights fell 8.4% to 60,387 from 65,918 a year earlier.

Salalah Airport handled 1.31 million passengers, down 2.8%, while domestic and international flights edged up 0.1% to 8,682. Sohar posted the steepest percentage decline in passenger traffic, down 12.2% to 16,290, as flights fell 2.9% to 204. At Duqm, passenger traffic fell 5.3% to 42,701 and domestic flights dropped 4.3% to 440.

Indian nationals were the largest group of arriving and departing passengers at Muscat in September, with 141,896, followed by Omanis at 116,161 and Bangladeshis at 50,423.